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  • Des Moines’ Global Insurance Accelerator named finalist in international competition

    Des Moines’ Global Insurance Accelerator named finalist in international competition

    Des Moines, Iowa’s Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) was recently announced as a finalist in the ICC World Chambers Federation’s World Chambers Competition in the category of “Best Unconventional Project.” “The Global Insurance Accelerator has leveraged strong leadership and collaboration to drive innovation in a key industry,” said Jay Byers, CEO of The Greater Des Moines…

  • Re-Sure to offer insurance coverage for the riskier moments in life

    Re-Sure to offer insurance coverage for the riskier moments in life

    You may have insurance, but is it always covering you? Many insurance companies have exclusions for extreme sports like skydiving. You may be covered while you’re on the plane and after you’re safely on the ground, but for the five minutes you’re in the air, you’re lacking coverage. The Detroit startup Re-Sure, which recently finished…

  • FindBob is helping aging insurance and financial industries establish succession plans

    FindBob is helping aging insurance and financial industries establish succession plans

    If your insurance agent or financial advisor is older than you, chances are they’ll retire before you do. What happens to your assets if they’re no longer handling them? The Toronto startup FindBob, which recently completed the Global Insurance Accelerator in Des Moines, is trying to make it easier for agents and advisors to put…

  • MotionsCloud wants to speed up insurance claims process with help from GIA

    MotionsCloud wants to speed up insurance claims process with help from GIA

    It can take weeks for property and casualty insurers to process claims. For consumers who need that money to start rebuilding their life after a loss, every second leads to increased dissatisfaction. German company MotionsCloud is working to reduce that time to approximately three hours with the help of the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) in…

  • InsuranceMenu aims to connect carriers with small businesses

    InsuranceMenu aims to connect carriers with small businesses

    Collectively, small businesses employ more than 50 million Americans. Many of those businesses offer health insurance to employees, but if a company only employs 18 people it’s not going to attract the same attention from insurance companies as one that employs 10,000. Massachusetts startup InsuranceMenu, which is currently going through the Global Insurance Accelerator in…

  • Global Insurance Accelerator finds a home in the East Village

    DES MOINES—The pieces are beginning to fall into place for the Global Insurance Accelerator as organizers prep for its inaugural class. Mostly recently, the Accelerator has secured an office space in downtown Des Moines’ East Village…

  • Tej Dhawan named interim director of Global Insurance Accelerator

    Tej Dhawan named interim director of Global Insurance Accelerator

    The Global Insurance Accelerator announced Wednesday that Tej Dhawan will act as the program’s interim managing director through the end of 2014.

  • After only 60 days, insurance accelerator plans begin to take shape

    Lately startup accelerators—whether industry focused or not—have cropped up all over the Midwest. From Lincoln to Kansas City to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a bevy of accelerators across the region have begun to attract both local and out-of-town startups to their doors.